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World War Chess

This is 1000+ player chess! You are in a war, where every player matters and contributes! Your king is no longer the center of the world, but rather your Commander's king, a bossfight piece, is the new captain, and must be protected at all costs. Can you carry your comrades to victory?

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Release Date:

Dec 1, 2025

Developer:

Lance Nelkin, James Felder

Publisher:

Lance Nelkin

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Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Includes level editor

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	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	✔	✔	✔

Content

Includes Interactive Elements

Online interactivity, In-game chat

Title: World War Chess
Genre: Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Strategy, Free To Play

Developer: Lance Nelkin, James Felder

Publisher: Lance Nelkin

Release Date: Dec 1, 2025

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About This Game

What is it?

World War Chess is the first ever chess variant to feature a battle royale style of gameplay, with no limit to how many people can join!

Content

*Many different maps

*Many different enemies controlled by unique AI

*Battle against Bosses, and endless waves of enemies

*Many other weird and interesting features like Conways Game of Life as an enemy

Extra

In case you are new to chess, there is a tutorial, and an easy-to-understand highlighting system to guide you as to where you can move.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI Helped me draw some of the chess pieces. AI is NOT used during the game to create a new asset that I have not affirmed. It is very hard to tell that AI was used in World War Chess.